Planned Parenthood sues over abortion clinic restriction (Cincinnati)

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http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/11/planned-parenthood-sues-ohio-health-department-uc-health/18848933/
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Planned Parenthood sues over abortion clinic restriction
Chrissie Thompson
November 11, 2014

Whether Cincinnati loses its last abortion clinic could now rest with a federal judge.

Planned Parenthood's Southwest Ohio region is challenging an Ohio law that it says has unfairly endangered abortion clinics such as its Elizabeth Campbell Surgical Center in Mount Auburn. The center's closure would make the 2.1-million-person Cincinnati region the largest metro area in the U.S. without an abortion clinic.

The clinic lacks a patient-transfer agreement with a private hospital, a requirement for all Ohio abortion clinics passed into law last year by Statehouse Republicans. Ohio's Department of Health last month cited the Planned Parenthood center for its lack of compliance, saying it could revoke the clinic's license.

None of the private hospitals in Cincinnati will enter into agreements with Planned Parenthood, many for religious reasons, the clinic says. The clinic had an agreement with UC Health to transfer patients in an emergency. Butthe new law bans abortion clinics from forming such agreements with public hospitals, so UC Health backed out last year....

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